Success Drives Growth at Ascend Marketing

Grapevine, TX - October 24, 2007 - Ascend Marketing, a marketing services firm specializing in market development and sales support programs, has more than doubled its rate of growth in the last year and has expanded its team to meet the overwhelming demand for its unique “5 Key Enablers” marketing services concept, the company reported today.

As a result, Ascend Marketing has added several new partners, doubled its staff of marketing professionals and opened two new offices. The company now has facilities in Fort Worth and Grapevine, Texas as well as Orlando, Florida, serving more than 30 active clients.

“Winners in today’s marketing environment are those who move beyond traditional, one-sided communications to more fully engage their customers,” declares Rich Herbst, Co-founder and Managing Partner in Ascend Marketing. “It’s no longer adequate for businesses to simply deliver their marketing message to their customers. Marketers must find ways to capture hearts and minds and create greater customer loyalty. Ascend’s ‘5 Key Enablers’ process is designed to carry the clients’ marketing efforts all the way through to that next level of effectiveness.”

Ascend Marketing’s origins as an outsource firm offering marketing and sales support programs quickly evolved as the company found that customers demanded Ascend’s unique process underlying its marketing programs called the 5 Key Enablers. The five enablers (Strategy, Communications, Equipping teams to work effectively, Measurement, and Acknowledgement) are designed to motivate action. Ascend applies its novel approach to all client engagements, regardless of size.

About Ascend Marketing

Since its launch in 2004, Ascend has grown to a staff of nearly 30 professionals, with offices in Fort Worth and Grapevine, Texas as well as Orlando, Florida. The company has over 30 active clients ranging in size from entrepreneurial start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, spanning a wide range of industries including telecommunications, manufacturing and hospitality.

Ascend Marketing’s unique business model delivers results-focused marketing and sales support and internal employee communications programs via a comprehensive suite of marketing services designed to support clients internal marketing, sales and human resources. The Ascend team brings expertise from telecom, technology, travel and hospitality, B2B services, consumer packaged goods, retail, restaurant and health care. For more information contact Ascend Marketing, 1450 Hughes Rd., Ste 106, Grapevine, TX 76051-7356; Phone 817 416-3800. Orlando Office: 407 965-2100. Or visit the company’s website at www.ascend-marketing.com.

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